Cosmic theater : the art of Lee Mullican.
Mullican, Lee,1919-1998.Paintings.Selections.
Auping, Michael,organizer,writer of supplementary textual content.
James Cohan Gallery,host institution.
The first book in more than a decade to focus on this important figure in twentieth-century American art, Cosmic Theatre: The Art of Lee Mullican surveys a key theme running through the artist's career, framing his unusual hybridization of symbolic figuration, abstracted landscapes, and abstract space with his long-time fascination with the sky and the galaxy beyond. The book explores the development of the Mullican's work in the context of his time and his biography, looking also at the implications of Jungian philosophy in relation to his admiration of pre-Columbian and Native American cultures. Michael Auping's essay is complemented by fifty full-color illustrations, featuring major rare paintings and drawings by Mullican from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the James Cohan Gallery, New York, March 7-April 20, 2019.
Includes bibliographical references (page 79).
The first book in more than a decade to focus on this important figure in twentieth-century American art, Cosmic Theatre: The Art of Lee Mullican surveys a key theme running through the artist's career, framing his unusual hybridization of symbolic figuration, abstracted landscapes, and abstract space with his long-time fascination with the sky and the galaxy beyond. The book explores the development of the Mullican's work in the context of his time and his biography, looking also at the implications of Jungian philosophy in relation to his admiration of pre-Columbian and Native American cultures. Michael Auping's essay is complemented by fifty full-color illustrations, featuring major rare paintings and drawings by Mullican from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998
Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998.
Painting, Abstract
Painting, American
Painting, American.
Painting, Abstract.